State v. Radey

Defendant-appellant, Richard A. Radey, was arrested by members of the Medina Police Department after he had sold ten greeting cards to two Medina police officers. The greeting cards were sold in a novelty shop known as “Sweet Revenge.” Radey, the owner of the establishment, was charged with pandering obscenity in violation of R.C. 2907.32(A)(2).

All of the cards have photographic depictions accompanied by captions. The captions are either sexually suggestive or explicit. In only one is there an expressly vulgar word. The photographs often show nude male or female figures and in most cases show…